 First edition | |
| Author | Paul Sayer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | William Webb Michael Wildsmith |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 217 |
| ISBN | 0-7475-2801-2 |
The God Child is a crime novel by English author Paul Sayer published in 1996.
Bankrupt Harold Broome, separated from his wife and taunted by a letter from her new lover who returns to the fictional Yorkshire coastal town of Oughton (based on Filey [1] ) where his mother runs a hotel. But the tranquility is shattered when his niece Maisie appears with a stranger. A few hours later Maisie rings Harold to say that the man is dead. Harold hesitates to ring the police and decides to dispose of the corpse to protect Maisie...
In an interview Sayer explains that the story is based on a real life murder of a hotelier by his wife and the barman who was also her lover, and also took as inspiration Truman Capote's In Cold Blood . Sayer explains that rather than concentrate on the detective investigating the crime he instead concentrated on the close, intense family relationships surrounding Harold and Maisie. [1]
It received mixed reviews:
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